Scientific Program
Scientific Program Overview (As of October 2010)
Pre-congress: May 26
• AATS/ASCVTS Postgraduate Course
• Nurse & Perfusionist Course
• Catheter Intervention Workshop
Main Congress: May 27-29
Plenary 1
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in Asia
Plenary 2
Impact of Medical Tourism on CVT Practice in Asia
Plenary 3
Treatment of Aortic Disease: What Have We Achieved and What are We up Against?
Plenary 4
Valvular Surgery : A double revolution
Plenary 5
Cutting Edge Technology and Cardiovascular Practice Friend or Foe?
Plenary 6
Coronary Artery Surgery Strike Back
Plenary 7
New Challenges in Congenital Heart Surgery
Plenary 8
Growing a New Heart: Myth or Reality?
Plenary 9
War Against Lung Cancer: What Have We Achieved?
Symposium 1: Aortic Root Surgery
- Preoperative Aortic Root Imaging
- An Aortic Ring: From a Physiological Reconstruction of the Root to a Standardized Approach to Aortic Valve Repair
- Complex Aortic Root Reconstruction
- Is Aortic Root Enlargement Necessary in Current Practice?
- Bio Valsalva Prosthesis : New Conduit for Old Patient
Symposium 2: Congenital Heart Disease I
- Catheter Intervention for Congenital Heart Disease
- Hybrid Operation for Complex Congenital Heart Disease
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Growing Burden
- Surgical Management of DORV
Symposium 3: Lung Cancer
- The Multidisciplinary Approach to Lung Cancer and the Role of Informatics
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung Cancer
- New Modalities for the Treatment of Lung Cancer
- Staging for Lung Cancer
- Role of Video Assisted Mediastinoscopy
Symposium 4: Aortic Surgery
- Cerebrospinal Cord Protection Cerebrospinal Cord Protection
- Complex Aortic Surgery: One Stage Approach
- Aortic Arch Surgery
- Hybrid TEVAR Procedure
- Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection: Open Surgery or Catheter Intervention?
Symposium 5: Congenital Heart Disease II
- Valve Repair in Congenital Heart Disease
- Management of Severe PR after TOF Repair
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Redo Fontan Surgery
- How to manage major AP collaterals
Symposium 6: Esophageal Cancer
- Role of Surgery in Management of Complications of Reflux Esophagitis
- Submucosal Tumor of Esophagus: Trend of Management
- Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advance Esophageal Cancer
- Management of Lower Esophageal Cancer
Symposium 7: Valvular Surgery
- Mitral Valve Repair in Rheumatic Heart Disease: Where Should We Draw the Line?
- Tricuspid Valve Repair: When and How?
- Ischemic MR: Lessons Learned from Left Ventricular Remodeling
- Repeated Mitral Valve Repair: How Often Do We Succeed?
- Papillary Muscle Repositioning in AML Pathology
Symposium 8: AF Surgery
- How to Tailor Lesion Set to the Patient?
- Should AF Surgery be Included in All Mitral Valve Procedures?
- Does Left Atrial Volume Reduction Improve Outcome in AF Surgery?
- Map Guided AF Surgery
Symposium 9: Cardiothoracic Training in the New Era
- Training in USA: Toward Better Service or just Survival?
- Will Application of Limited Residency Hour Affects Asian Cardiothoracic Surgery Training?
- Research Oriented Training
- Will Simulation Replace Human Patient in Cardiothoracic Surgery Training?
Symposium 10: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
- Future of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- Endoscopic AF Ablation for Lone AF
- Minimally Invasive Congenital Heart Surgery
- TAVI Is It Cost Effective for General Use?
Symposium 11: Heart Failure Surgery
- Role of Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure Management
- Role of ECMO in Heart Failure
- Ventricular Assist Device
- Surgery for LV Remodelling After AMI
- Cell Therapy for Heart Failure
Symposium 12: Changing Practice in Coronary Artery
- Changing Patient Characteristic in CABG
- Will Multislice CTA Replace Coronary Angiogram in Coronary Artery Surgery?
- Is All Arterial Graft Beneficial in Elderly?
- Quality Control in Coronary Revascularization
- Is LM Coronary Artery Disease Still in the Surgeons’ Domain?
VDO 1: Adult
- SAVE Operation
- Aortic Arch Surgery
- Surgical Management of Calcified Mitral Valve Annulus
- Complex Mitral Valve Repair
- Loop’s Technique for Mitral Valve Repair
VDO 2: Congenital
- Arterial Switch Procedure
- Norwood Procedure
- Ross Procedure
- Ross Procedure II
- Aortic Arch Surgery
VDO 3: Thoracic
- VAT Sleeve Resection
- VAT Esophagectomy
- PECTUS Repair
- Managing Complications of VATS
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